NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe set for final flyby of asteroid Bennu NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe set for final flyby of asteroid Bennu Posted By: Gopi April 2, 2021 �� Listen to this article Washington, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will get one last close encounter with Bennu on April 7 as it performs a final flyover to capture images of the asteroid's surface. While performing the flyover, the spacecraft will observe Bennu from a distance of about 3.7 km - the closest it jhas been since the Touch-and-Go Sample Collection event on October 20, 2020, NASA said on Thursday.
The OSIRIS-REx team decided to add this last flyover after Bennu's surface was significantly disturbed by the sample collection event.